οὔτε γάρ. This is the better reading; neque enim, ‘for neither,’ &c. “There shall be no more death,” Revelation 21:4. “The dead shall be raised incorruptible,” 1 Corinthians 15:52.

ἰσάγγελοι. Like the angels in being immortal, but superior to them in privileges (Hebrews 1:4; Hebrews 2:5-8; 1 John 3:2). In this one word our Lord refutes the Sadducean denial of the existence of angels, Acts 23:8; and incidentally those material notions of future bliss (Luke 14:15) which all the Jews held.

υἱοὶ … θεοῦ. “I am the resurrection, and the life,” John 11:25.

υἱοὶ τῆς�. Comp. Luke 16:8.

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